diff --git a/includes/LegalTools.php b/includes/LegalTools.php
index 1919a2e..4a112b0 100644
--- a/includes/LegalTools.php
+++ b/includes/LegalTools.php
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ PROMPT;
 
         try {
             if ($engine === 'nova_lite') {
-                $response = dbnToolsCallGpuLlm($messages, ['model' => 'nova-lite', 'json' => true, 'max_tokens' => $maxTokens, 'temperature' => 0.1, 'timeout' => 120]);
+                $response = dbnToolsCallGpuLlm($messages, ['model' => 'nova-lite', 'max_tokens' => $maxTokens, 'temperature' => 0.1, 'timeout' => 120]);
             } elseif ($engine === 'azure_full') {
                 $response = $this->azure->withDeployment('gpt-4o')->chat($messages, $chatOptions);
             } else {
@@ -470,6 +470,11 @@ PROMPT;
         $onProgress && $onProgress("Parsing events\u{2026}");
 
         $raw  = (string)($response['choices'][0]['message']['content'] ?? '');
+        if ($engine === 'nova_lite') {
+            $raw = (string)preg_replace('/^```(?:json)?\s*\n?/m', '', $raw);
+            $raw = (string)preg_replace('/\n?```\s*$/m', '', $raw);
+            $raw = trim($raw);
+        }
         $json = $this->azure->decodeJsonObject($raw);
         if (!$json) {
             dbnToolsAbort('The selected engine did not return valid structured JSON.', 502, 'llm_invalid_json');